倒車

Chinese

		upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (倒車)		倒	車
simp. (倒车)		倒	车

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàochē

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou³ ce¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàochē
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàoche
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-chʻê¹
    • Yale: dàu-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawche
    • Palladius: даочэ (daočɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàochēr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄜㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàocher
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-chʻê¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: dàu-chēr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawche'l
    • Palladius: даочэр (daočɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou³ ce¹
    • Yale: dou chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou³ tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou³ cé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

Verb

倒⫽車 (verb-object)

1. to back a car; to reverse a vehicle; to drive backwards

   倒車一定要小心。 [MSC, trad.]
   倒车一定要小心。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dàochē yīdìng yào xiǎoxīn. [Pinyin]

   You must be careful when you are reversing.

2. (derogatory) to regress; to abandon a newer practice, norm or ideology and adopt an older one

Synonyms

• (Cantonese, Teochew) 褪車／褪车

Derived terms

• 開倒車／开倒车 (kāidàochē)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎochē

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄔㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² ce¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎochē
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎoche
    • Wade–Giles: tao³-chʻê¹
    • Yale: dǎu-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daoche
    • Palladius: даочэ (daočɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² ce¹
    • Yale: dóu chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² cé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

Verb

倒⫽車 (verb-object)

1. to change (buses, trains, etc.)

Synonyms

• 轉車／转车 (zhuǎnchē)
• (Hokkien) 盤車／盘车